Soviet Era Engines Likely Caused Antares Catastrophic Rocket Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing last week’s catastrophic failure of an Antares commercial rocket moments after liftoff, are pointing the finger at the rocket's Soviet-era built...
View ArticleOrbital Sciences Announces Way Forward Plan to Fulfill NASA Space Station...
In the wake of last weeks disastrous failure of the Orbital Sciences commercial Antares rocket seconds after blastoff from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, VA, on a critical resupply mission to the...
View ArticleOrbital ATK Aims for March 2016 Antares Rocket Launch Restart with New Engines
The newly merged company Orbital ATK is aiming to restart launches of their “upgraded Antares” rocket in March 2016 using completely new engines, following the catastrophic explosion on Oct. 28, 2014...
View ArticleCygnus Cargo Craft Comes Together for Space Station ‘Return to Flight’...
[caption id="attachment_122929" align="aligncenter" width="4320"] Cygnus service module built by Orbital ATK in their Dulles, Virginia cleanroom is shown here with unfurled UltraFlex solar panels that...
View ArticleOrbital ATK Integration of Upgraded Antares Kicks Into High Gear For 2016...
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Assembly and testing of a significantly upgraded version of Orbital ATK’s commercially developed Antares rocket has kicked into high gear and is on target for rebirth...
View ArticleNASA Targets ‘Return to Flight’ of Upgraded Antares for mid-October for...
Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft blasts off on July 13 2014 from Launch Pad 0A at NASA Wallops Flight Facility , VA, on the Orb-2 mission and loaded with over 3000...
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